By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the Ralph Lauren store at Assembly Row last week on reports of a past larceny.

Upon arrival, the officers spoke with the store manager and the regional manager, who stated that one of their employees, Kyanna Halliday, of Dorchester, came to them and admitted to making fraudulent returns at the store.

Halliday reportedly told them that she has been making fraudulent returns since May 12 of this year. She reportedly admitted that she would reprint the receipt and scan it to the return. Once the return would pop up on the computer, Halliday would select products for the returns and enter a reason for the return in the computer.

Halliday would then change the customer card on file for the return and put the money on her debit cards, Apple Pay, and Cash cards. She would then transfer the money to her bank account.

Halliday further admitted that her first transaction was on May 12, and her final transaction was on October 12.

The store managers told the officers that Halliday had made 54 fraudulent return transactions totaling $24,299.16. Halliday wrote a voluntary statement, per Ralph Lauren, going into detail about what she did and provided the statement to the store managers.

Halliday was subsequently placed under arrest on a charge of larceny over $1200 and taken to the police station for booking.